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HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  December  Id,  1863.— Read 
first  and  second  time,  referred  to  Judiciary  Committee,  and  ordered 
to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  FooTK.] 


^    BILL 

To  be  «ntitk<l   An   Act  to  prevent  trading   with  the  enemy  or  with 
persons  resident  in  the  United  States. 

1  Si.( .   I .     Th>-  Cnn'grefis  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Aiatrka  di) 

2  mart.  That  ail  trndin^;  or  commercial  intercourse  with  the  enemy, 
;J     or  with  citizens  of   the  United   States  beyond    the    territorial 

4  limits  of  said  Confederate  States,  in  goods,  wares,  or  merchan- 

5  disc  of  any  description  whatever,  except  for  the  use  of  the  Gov- 
G     ernment  iselt,  shall  be  illegal ;  and  all  persons  oftending  against 

7  this  act  shall  shall   be  subject  to  criminal  prosecution,   and,  if 

8  convicted,  shall  be  fined  in  the  amount  of  one  thousand  dollars, 

9  and  imprisoned  for  the  space  of  three  months. 


